Frequently Asked Questions (Long-Term Care Insurance)

QuestionWhat services are available under Long-Term Care Insurance?

Response

Services available under Long-Term Care Insurance include various options tailored to the user's situation, such as "using at home," "using for day care or overnight stays," and "entering a facility." For services used at home, users can combine them according to their preferences.
Note: Home care and day care for those requiring support levels 1 and 2 have transitioned to preventive care and living support services provided by Inagi City.

Services available for those requiring care level 1 to care level 5

Create a Care Plan

Home Care Support

Care managers at home care support offices will create care plans and more.

Use services at home

Home Care

Home helpers visit to provide physical care such as meal assistance and toileting, as well as life support services like cleaning and laundry.

Visiting Bathing Care

Bathing vehicles equipped with bathtubs will visit and provide assistance with bathing.

Home Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation specialists will visit your home to provide rehabilitation services and more.

Home Nursing

Nurses and others will visit your home to observe symptoms and provide care during your recovery.

Home Care Management Guidance

Doctors, dentists, and pharmacists visit homes to provide management and guidance for treatment.

Use services by attending and staying at the facility

Day Care Services

You can attend a day care facility and receive services such as bathing, meals, and daily living assistance on a day-use basis.

Day Rehabilitation Station (Day Care)

You can visit medical institutions and nursing care facilities to receive rehabilitation on a day-use basis.

Short-term Stay Life Care (Short Stay) / Short-term Stay Medical Care (Medical Type Short Stay)

You can stay in a nursing care health facility for a short period and receive daily care and rehabilitation.

Utilizing services while residing in a paid elderly home

Specific Facility Resident Life Care

Those residing in specific facilities such as paid nursing homes can receive care for meals, bathing, functional training, and medical assistance.

Improve Living Environment

Welfare Equipment Rental

You can borrow welfare equipment such as wheelchairs and walking aids.

• Wheelchairs (self-propelled, assisted, standard electric wheelchairs)
• Wheelchair accessories (cushions, electric assist devices, etc.)
• Special beds (reclining beds, etc.)
• Special bed accessories (mattress, transfer bars, assistance belts, etc.)
• Pressure sore prevention equipment (air mattresses, etc.)
• Positioning aid (including sitting up assist device)
• Handrail (no installation work required)
• Slope (no installation work required)
• Walker
• Walking Assistance Cane
• Dementia Elderly Wandering Detection Devices (including Bed Exit Sensors)
• Mobile lifts (including stair lifts, excluding hoisting equipment)
• Automatic Excretion Processing Device (Generally for those requiring nursing care level 4 or higher)

Purchase of Specific Welfare Equipment

You can purchase welfare equipment that is not suitable for lending, such as for excretion and bathing.

• Seat riser (including components used to raise the seat)
• Special Urinal (Replaceable Part of Automatic Excretion Processing Device)
• Bathing assistance equipment (including bathing support belts)
• Simple Bathtub
• Lifting Equipment for Mobility Lifts
• Excretion Prediction Support Device

Housing Renovation Subsidy

We provide financial assistance for home renovations to live comfortably in your familiar home.
The cost limit is 200,000 yen per person for the same residence. (Generally, this is limited to once.)

• Installation of Handrails
• Elimination of Steps
• Change of flooring materials for slip prevention and smooth movement
• Replacement, installation, and removal of sliding doors and other types of doors
• Elimination of the slope in Western-style toilets
• Installation of Fall Prevention Fences (When Installing Ramps)
• Other necessary works associated with each construction

Utilize community-based services

Community-based services are designed to help Older Adults continue living in their familiar homes or communities as much as possible, even when they become moderately to severely dependent on care. Only those who have a Certificate of Residence in Inagi City can utilize these services.

Dementia Support Day Care

Older adults with dementia can attend day care facilities to receive care such as bathing, meals, and functional training.

Dementia Support Type Group Living Care (Group Home)

Older adults with dementia can receive care and functional training in a homely atmosphere while living together in small groups.

Small-scale multifunctional home care

Focusing on "day services", we combine "home visits" and "overnight stays" to provide care and functional training such as bathing, toileting, and meals according to the individual's physical and mental condition and preferences.

Nighttime Home Care

Home helpers will visit through regular night patrols and reports. You can receive assistance with daily living activities.

Community-Based Specific Facility Resident Life Care

Individuals residing in small paid nursing homes (with a capacity of 29 or fewer) can receive care, functional training, and medical assistance.
Note: As of April 2019, there are no eligible facilities within the city.

Community-Based Nursing Home Residents' Life Care

Individuals residing in small special nursing homes (with a capacity of 29 or fewer) can receive care, functional training, and medical assistance.
Note: As of April 2019, there are no eligible facilities within the city.

Regular Patrol and On-Demand Home Care Nursing

You can receive coordinated care and nursing services through multiple regular visits a day, both during the day and at night, as well as visits based on notifications.

Small-scale multifunctional home care nursing

You can receive nursing care services that add home-visit nursing functions to small-scale multifunctional home care.

Community-Based Day Care

You can attend a small-scale day care facility and receive services such as bathing, meals, and daily living assistance during the day.

Admission to Long-Term Care Insurance Facilities

Nursing Care Welfare Facility (Special Nursing Home for the Elderly)

Individuals who have received long-term care certification (generally: level 3 to 5) and find it difficult to provide care at home can enter the facility and receive assistance with daily living activities.
(Individuals with level 1 or 2 can only enter under special circumstances.)

Nursing Care Medical Facilities (until the end of fiscal year 2023)

Individuals whose condition is stable and require long-term care can be admitted to receive medical care, nursing, or caregiving services.

Nursing Care Health Facility for the Elderly

Individuals whose condition is stable and require rehabilitation can be admitted to receive care and functional training.

Nursing Care Medical Institution

We provide integrated "medical care for long-term treatment" and daily life assistance (care) for those requiring nursing care.
Note: As of December 2018, there are no facilities available in the city.

Services available for those requiring support level 1 and 2

Create a Care Plan

Preventive Care Support

Staff at the Community General Support Center will create care prevention plans and more.

Use services at home

Home Visit Bathing Care for Preventive Nursing Care

In cases where there is no bathroom at home, a bathing vehicle equipped with a bathtub will visit to provide assistance with bathing for the purpose of preventive care.

Preventive Home Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation specialists will visit your home to provide rehabilitation aimed at preventing care needs.

Preventive Home Nursing Care

Nurses and others will visit your home to provide care and necessary medical assistance aimed at preventing the need for nursing care.

Home Care Management Guidance for Preventive Nursing Care

Doctors, dentists, and pharmacists will visit your home to provide management and guidance for medical care aimed at preventing nursing care.

Use services by attending and staying at the facility

Preventive Care Outpatient Rehabilitation (Day Care)

You can visit medical institutions and nursing care facilities to receive rehabilitation and other services on a day-use basis.

Short-term Stay for Preventive Care (Short Stay) / Short-term Stay for Preventive Medical Care (Medical Type Short Stay)

You can stay in a nursing care facility for a short period and receive daily living assistance and rehabilitation aimed at preventing the need for care.
There is "Daily Life Care" where you receive daily living assistance in welfare facilities, and "Medical Care" where you receive care that includes medical assistance in medical facilities.

Utilizing services while residing in a paid elderly home

Life Care for Residents of Specified Facilities for Preventive Care

Individuals residing in specific facilities such as paid nursing homes can receive care for bathing, toileting, meals, and functional training, as well as assistance for health maintenance, aimed at preventing the need for nursing care.

Improve Living Environment

Rental of Welfare Equipment for Preventive Care

You can borrow welfare equipment that is useful for nursing care prevention, such as walkers and walking assistive canes.

• Handrail (no installation work required)
• Walking Assistance Cane
• Slope (no installation work required)
• Walker

etc.

Purchase of Specific Preventive Care Welfare Equipment

You can purchase welfare equipment that is useful for nursing care prevention among welfare equipment that is not suitable for lending, such as for excretion and bathing.

• Special Urinal (Cannot be purchased if you can urinate by yourself)
• Bathing Assistance Equipment

etc.

Subsidy for Home Renovation for Preventive Care

We will provide renovation costs to live safely in your familiar home.
The cost limit is 200,000 yen per person for the same residence. (In principle, this is limited to once)

• Installation of Handrails
• Elimination of Steps
• Change of flooring materials for slip prevention and smooth movement
• Replacement, installation, and removal of doors such as sliding doors
• Replacement of toilets such as Western-style toilets
• Elimination of slopes in corridors and other areas
• Installation of Fall Prevention Fences (When Installing Ramps)
• Other necessary works associated with each construction

Utilize community-based services

Dementia Prevention and Response Type Day Care

Older adults with dementia can attend day care facilities and receive care and functional training for bathing, toileting, and meals aimed at preventing the need for care.

Dementia Prevention and Support Type Group Living Care (Group Home)

Older Adults with dementia live together in small groups, receiving care and functional training aimed at improving their daily living skills, with a focus on dementia treatment and the prevention of care needs.

Small-scale multifunctional home care for preventive nursing care

Focusing on "day service," we combine "home visits" and "overnight stays" to provide care and functional training such as bathing, toileting, and meals, according to the individual's physical and mental condition and preferences, with the aim of preventing the need for care.

Comprehensive Project for Preventive Care and Daily Life Support (Services for those requiring support level 1 and 2, and eligible business operators)

The Comprehensive Project for Preventive Care and Daily Life Support (hereinafter referred to as the "Comprehensive Project") is a preventive care initiative implemented by Inagi City, targeting all individuals aged 65 and older, with the involvement of various stakeholders such as care service providers, NPOs, volunteers, and citizens. Even those who have not received long-term care certification can access a diverse range of services tailored to their conditions and preferences, allowing them to receive services that are closely connected to their daily lives and easy to use. Additionally, we will build a system of mutual support within the community to help everyone live healthily for as long as possible.

Create a Care Plan

Preventive Care Management

Staff at the Community General Support Center will assist with the creation of care plans and provide information about the use of nursing care prevention and living support service projects.

Elderly Care Prevention and Living Support Service Project

Visiting Service

This provides daily living services by home helpers when users find it difficult to manage on their own and cannot receive support from family members living together or local support services.

Day Service

In addition to providing basic services such as meals and support for improving daily living functions at day care facilities, it also offers preventive services tailored to the individual's condition (such as improving physical function, nutritional improvement, enhancing oral function, preventing and supporting social withdrawal, and preventing and supporting dementia).

Services open to everyone (General Nursing Care Prevention Project)

This is a service available to all individuals aged 65 and over (some conditions apply). In particular, we support those who are currently living independently to continue living independently and vibrantly in the future. We encourage you to actively participate.

Fall and Fracture Prevention Class

To lead an independent life for as long as possible, let's move the muscles we don't usually use and refresh both our mind and body. We also introduce local self-help groups in the city.

Diet Improvement Project

A registered dietitian will teach simple recipes and ways to maintain a balanced diet for the senior generation. You can also learn knowledge that helps with nursing care prevention and brain activation. Those who are not good at cooking, have little experience, or men are also welcome to participate.

Oral Function Improvement Program

Are you concerned about "dry mouth and coughing" or "difficulty eating hard foods"? To continue living a vibrant and lively life, dental hygienists will teach you the points of oral care and dietary habits that can help prevent pneumonia. Let's understand your oral condition and use that knowledge for health management.

Comprehensive Preventive Care Program

This is a comprehensive course where you can learn about exercise, nutrition, and oral care necessary for body conditioning from the age of 65.

Exercise classes for preventing nursing care, seated exercises, brain training, and mouth exercises

From flexibility exercises that can be done while sitting in a chair to mouth exercises and brain training. Even those who are not confident in their physical strength can participate with peace of mind.

Preventive Care Class

The city and the Community General Support Center will hold classes on various themes such as exercise and dementia prevention.